Hospital Fire Kills Newborns

Pims, established in 1985, is Islamabad’s biggest public sector hospital.

President Zardari expressed heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families.

The deaths of the children sent a wave of shock and grief across the country.

Police were deployed at the hospital as grieving parents and relatives gathered, some weeping while others called for accountability and demanded answers about how the fire began and whether the nursery had adequate firefighting equipment.